Welcome to a photo-driven tour of the IBM z17. I’ve scoured the image library to pull dig deep inside these machines that most people don’t get an opportunity to see inside, and I’ll share some of the specifications gleaned from the announcement and related Redbooks.
↫ Elizabeth K. Joseph at the IBM community website
These IBM mainframes don’t have to be beautiful, but they always are. I wish I could see a z17 up close – hopefully IBM will release a detailed video walkthrough of one of these at some point, including taking one apart and putting it back together.
Thom: if you can get to Poughkeepsie, NY, I will personally give you a tour of our testfloor facility and more mainframes than exist in any one place on Earth. Just get in touch. 🙂
I’m unlikely to be visiting the US any time soon, but when/if I do, I’ll hold you to that!
Thanks for sharing this, I had a lot of fun putting it together! And I learned the other day that we (IBM) sponsored ServeTheHome to come in to do a tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oLfMXUo0U